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Cunningham, Denise D. – Critical Questions in Education, 2014
In this article, Denise D. Cunningham presents a project that emerged from informal discussions with early childhood pre-service teachers during their content area methods courses at a large, Midwestern four-year university. Students stated that they needed personal experience with materials and practices that they will be expected to use in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses
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Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Bell, Randy L.; Whitworth, Brooke A.; Maeng, Jennifer L. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This study utilized an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach to explore randomly assigned treatment and control participants' frequency of inquiry instruction in secondary science classrooms. Eleven treatment participants received professional development (PD) that emphasized a structured approach to inquiry instruction, while 10 control…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Comparative Analysis